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December 26, 1941

DEFENSE

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as well as the Jewish Welfare
Board. They are: Rabbi James
G. Heller, president of the Cen-
tral Conference of American
Rabbis; Rabbi Leon S. Lang,
president, Rabbinical Assembly
of America; Rabbi Joseph S.
Lookstein, president, Rabbinical
Council of America; Dr. Julian
Morganstern, president; Hebrew
Union College, Cincinnati; Rabbi
Stephen S. \Vise, president, Jew-
ish Institute of Religion, N. Y.;
Dr. Louis Finkelstein, president,
Jewish Theological Seminary,
N. Y.; Rabbi Saul Silber, presi-
dent, Jewish Theological Col-
lege, Chicago; Dr. Samuel Bel-
kin, dean, Isaac Elchanan Theo-
logical Seminary, N. Y.; Rabbi
Nathan Stern, president, Alumni
Association of the Hebrew Union
College; Rabbi Aaron Opher,
president, Alumni Association of
the Jewish Institute of Reli-
gion; Robert P. Goldman, presi-
dent, Union of American He-
brew Congregations; Louis J.
Moss, president, United Syna-
gogue of America; William Weiss,
president, Union of Orthodox
Jewish Congregations; Frank L.
Weil, president, National Jewish
Welfare Board, John M. Schiff,
chairman of its Army and Navy
Committee and Rev. Dr. David
de Solo Pool, chairman of its
committee on religious activities.

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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle

Emanuel Sisterhood
MAX LIEBERMAN, PIONEER DETROIT Slosson to Speak
To Meet on Monday
JEWISH LEADER, CALLED BY DEATH At the Bnai David
Services on Jan. 2 Rabbi Schulman Will Address
Max Lieberman, a pioneer daughters, Mrs. Himon Kaplan

leader in the Jewish community and Mrs. Leonard Simons.
of Detroit, one of the outstanding
Mr. Lieberman was head of
Zionists in the city for many the Wholesale Furniture Mart at
years, (lied on Saturday evening, 629 Gratiot. He was a charter
Dec. 20, at the age of 74. He
had been ill 10 days. His late
residence was at 3005 W. Chi-
cago Blvd.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, at 2:30 p. m., at the
home of his son, Samuel, 18985
Birchcrest. From the home of his
son, the body was taken to the
synagogue of the Jewish Home
for Aged on Burlingame and Pe-
toskey, for special services in
tribute to his ninny years of
hervice to the Home and to the
commity. Burial was in Clover
Hill Park Cemetery. Rabbi A. M.
Hershman and Cantor J. H. Son-
enklar officiated at the funeral.
Surviving Mr. Lieberman are,
besides his son Samuel, two oth-
er sons, David of Los Angeles
and Burton of Texas, and two

other substantial gifts included
one of $25,000 from Pierre Wer-
theimer, perfume magnate, a
refugee from France, and $2,500
from Mrs. Simon Guggenheim of
New York.

Endorses Book Campaign

Books for the reading pleasure
of American soldiers and sailors
are needed now more than ever
before, Frank L. Weil, president
of the Jewish Welfare Board,
stated in endorsing the Victory
Book Campaign sponsored by the
United Service Organizations, the
American Red Cross and the
American Library Association.
Mr. Weil urged that Jewish
organizations and individuals be-
gin immediately to collect books
and magazines in their neighbor-
hoods and communities and to
forward them to the nearest
U. S. 0. agency, Red Cross chap-
ter or public library.

Sabbath Afternoon Tea, Dec. 27

Prof. Preston Slosson of the
University of Michigan will be
the guest speaker at the Friday
night gathering of Congregation
Bnai David, Elmhurst and 14th
Sts., on Friday, Jan. 2, at 8:30
p. m.
Prof. Slosson is head of the
history department of the Uni-
versity of Michigan. His topic
will be "History in the Making."
Rabbi Joshua Sperka and Can-
tor Abraham Singer will partici-
pate in the program. A social
hour will follow. The public is
invited.

MAX LIEBERMAN

Palestine Airmail Re-Routed to
member of Pisgah Lodge of Bnai
Atlantic

Airmail routes between the
United States and Palestine have
been changed by the war in the
Far East, it was announced by
Postmaster General Frank C.
Walker, who stated that mail
from the United States to Pal-
estine and other Near East coun-
tries is now being sent by way
of the new South Atlantic line.
The previous route was the trans-
Pacific service.

Bnai Brith Obtains 125 Torah
Scrolls for Army Chapels

WASHINGTON, D. C.—Bnai
Brith's national defense commit-
tee obtained 125 Torah Scrolls
for use in Jewish religious serv-
ices at Army chapels through-
out the country in a nation-wide
campaign launched before the
United States was attacked by
Japan, it was announced here by
Henry Monsky, Bnai Brith presi-
dent and chairman of its de-
fense committee.

Brith, had served on executive
boards of numerous organiza-
tions, including the Zionist Dis-
trict of Detroit, the Jewish Home
for Aged, the House of Shelter,
the Hebrew Free Loan Associa-
tion, the United Hebrew Schools
and other movements. He was a
member of the Detroit Board of
Commerce and the Art Founders
Society. He was known as a lib-
eral contributor to all causes.

Dickstein Bill Would Cancel
American Citizenship

At the request of the Justice
Department, Congressman Sam-
uel Dickstein, chairman of the
House Immigration Committee,
introduced and the House passed
a bill giving the Justive Depart-
ment the right to cancel the
citizenship of naturalized Amer-
icans who might be considered
unduly friendly to a foreign
power. In justifying the meas-
ure, Mr. Dickstein declared that
it was intended to reach such
individuals as use their Ameri-
can citizenship to cloak subver-
sive activities.

Civilian Defense House Opened
by Women's Division of the
Jewish Congress

NEW YORK. — The first of
a series of civilian defense houses
for the training of women work-
ers in various phases of civilian
defense was opened at 50 W.
68th St. by the Women's Divis-
ion of the American Jewish Con-
gress.
In announcing the opening of
the home, Mrs. Stephen S. Wise,
president of the Women's Divis-
ion of the American Jewish Con-
gress, stated that branches of
the organization throughout the
country will establish similar
houses in their respective com-
munities. Additional houses will
be established within the coming
week in each of the boroughs of
New York City under the aus-
pices of the Women's Division.

To Pass on Appeals for Refu-
pee Admission

WASHINGTON (JPS) — A
board of two men, former Sena-
tor Robert J. Bulkley and Fred-
erick P. Keppel, has been ap-
pointed by President Roosevelt
to sift applications for entrance
of immigrants and to advise the
Visa Division of the State De-
partment whether their adthission
is compatible with national de-
fense. Called the Board of Ap-
peals on Immigration Cases, the
two-man committee will have the
task of reviewing the cases of
refugees who are endeavoring
to come to the United States.
Recent regulations provide that,
with certain exceptions, refugees
who still have relatives in Axis
countries cannot be admitted.

Winchell Gives $5,000 to the
Red Cross

A check for $5,000, represent-
ing his salary for a Sunday night
broadcast, was turned over to
Chairman Norman H. Davis of
the American Red Cross by Wal-
ter Winchell, columnist and ra-
dio commentator, as part of the
$50,000,000 war fund being
gathered by the Red Cross.
The Red Cross announced that

Sir Thomas Beecham, Betty
Humby with Detroit
• Symphony Orchestra

Following its holiday week of
inactivity the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra will return to its es-
tablished place in the commu-
nity's life and present three
eagerly-awaited concerts Thurs-
day night, Jan. 1; Friday after-
noon, Jan. 2, and Saturday night,
Jan. 3.
Sir Thomas Beecham, he of
the twinkling brown eyes, youth-
ful countenance and meticulously
trimmed goatee, whose success
is assured, will occupy the po-
dium for the Thursday-Friday
pair, his only appearances of the
current season.
He will bring with him a solo-
ist of his own choosing, the bril-
liant English pianist, Betty Hum-
by, who will give a first perform-
ance here of the one-movement
C Minor Concerto for Piano and
Orchestra by Frederick Delius.

Hotel Cadillac Is
One of Finest at
Miami Beach, Fla.

One of the most beautiful hos-
telries in the land is the Cadillac
Hotel, located on 39th to 40th
Sts., directly on the Ocean, in
Miami Beach, Fla.
This hotel, owned by Nathan
and Jacob Borin of Detroit, is
distinctive for the discriminating
public. It emphasizes superb
cuisine and service.
Embracing a complete seaside
resort within its own spacious
grounds, Cadillac Hotel has a
Christian-Jewish Conference
private beach and salt water pool,
Launches $300,00 Drive
NEW YORK (JPS)—A nation- cabenas and solariums, a dining
wide drive to raise $300,000 for terarce and (lance patAo, and a
the National Conference of Chris- cocktail rendezvous.
The hotel is open the entire
tians and Jews was stimulated
here with a luncheon of movie year.
C. . Eugene Haines is the man-
men addressed by Republican
aging
director of the hotel.
leader Wendell Willkie, who as-
A descriptive brochure about
serted that wars always promote
hotel can be secured by writ-
intolerance and set one group the
mg to the Hotel in Miami Beach
against another.
If Americans "fail to preserve or to the New York booking of-
civil rights in this country a ll fice, 10 Rockefeller Plaza.
of America's sacrifices will be in
vain," Mr. Willkie warned.
Bnai Brith Auxiliary Thanks

Benes Sees Transfer of Popu-
lations as Postwar Need

Large-scale transfer of popu-
lations and elimination of na-
tional rights for minorities as
the best protection for minor-
ities are foreseen as essentials
in the organization of postwar
Europe in an article contributed
to Foreign Affairs by Edouard
Benes, president of Czechoslo-
vakia-in-Exile.

Boats Land with Refugees

On an American ship whose
name could not be revealed by
regulations, some 150 refugees
from Europe arrived at Jersey
City last week, the first boatload
since America entered the war.
This was the last American-
owned vessel to leave Portugal,
all other sailings having been
cancelled.

The Chronicle

Ins with grateful apprecia-
tio that Pisgah Auxiliary No.
122 of Bnai Brith, acknowledges
the splendid co-operation and as-
sistance at all times of The De-
troit Jewish Chronicle.
In giving our auxiliary's ac-
tivities such fine publicity, espe-
cially its major fund raising af-
fair—the recent donor luncheon
—we feel that in no small meas-
ure the success of this event was
due to the support of your paper.
With sincere thanks and all
good wishes for a pleasant Chan-
ukah season, I am
Sincerely yours,
PEARL MORTON
(Mrs. Seymour Morton)
Publicity Chairman

Polish Refugees Unaffected by
Enemy Alien Laws

Mrs. Solovich Will Address
Membership Tea of Bnai
Refugees from Poland are not
considered in the category of
Brith Women's Group

enemy aliens, though Poland is
now Nazi-occupied, it was stated
by William Rosenwald, president
of the National Refugee Service,
in clarifying the position of such
immigrants under the •new meas-
ures adopted to tighten America's
internal defenses.
In referring to Polish refugees,
Mr. Rosenwald declared that the
National Refugee Service gives
almost as much assistance to this
group as to immigrants from
Germany. Inasmuch as some refu-
gees who call themselves Aus-
trians are actually from Poland,
the number of Polish Jews bene-
fitted by the N. R. S. is even
greater, he reported,

The Business and Professional
Women's Auxiliary of Bnai Brith
will hold a membership tea Sun-
(lay, Dec. 28, from 2 to 5 p.
at the home of Mrs. Max Borin,
3045 Collingwood Ave. Miss
Lillian Isaacs, accompanied by
Miss Ceil Plotnick on the piano,
will render several vocal selec-
tions. Mrs. Charles Solovich will
speak on the various activities of
Bnai Brith. All members and
their friends are invited.

Buy Defense Stamps
and Defense Bonds

The December meeting of the
Sisterhood of Congregation Beth
Tefilo Emanuel will be held Mon-
day, Dec. 29, at 1 p. m., in the
social hall of the congregation,
Woodrow Wilson corner Taylor.
A representative of the local Ci-
vilian Defense Office will outline
the work of the Red Cross Unit,
which is to be established at the
synagogue in the beginning of
January.
Rabbi Nahum Schulman of
Congregation Shaar Hashomaim,
Windsor, will speak at the Shab-
bos afternoon tea for women on
Dec. 27, at 2:30 p. m., in the so-
cial hall of Congregation Beth
Tefilo Emanuel, T a y l o r and
Woodrow Wilson Ayes. Abraham
H. Jaffin will give readings in
Yiddish.
The program for the Twelfth
St. neighborhood, held on alter-
nate Saturday afternoons at the
Taylor-Wilson Synagogue, as part
of a city-wide movement spon-
sored by the Women's Branch
of the Michigan Synagogue Con-
ference, is under the direction
of Mrs. Milton A. Winston.
Mothers attending the tea may
also bring their boys and girls,
ages 6-11, with them, for par-
ticipation in the Sabbath Story
Hour, sponsored by Young Ir-
rael of Detroit at Congregation
Beth Tefilo Emanuel, under the
direction of Miss Rivka Pitkow-
sky. Parents and children are
thus given an opportunity to
spend the afternoon in a Sab-
bath atmosphere.

Dine at Detroit's Favorite Restaurant .

Cocktails
and
Fancy
Drinks
Mixed °
by
Experts

You'll enjoy our
unusually delicious
food served in an
atmosphere of quiet
dignity. Bring the
whole family this
Sunday.

Our
Delicious
Delicatessen
Delivered
FREE
Anywhere—
Anytime

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12TH and HAZELWOOD

PHONE TRINITY 2-9366

LITTMAN'S PEOPLE'S THEATER

8210 TWELFTH ST., near Seward Ave.

Phone Trinity 2-0100

Sunday Matinee and Evening, Dec. 28

Mischa Fishzon presents fhe Four Young Stars of the Yiddish Theater
Ethel
Abraham
Leon
Lily

I Liebgold I Lax

I Dorf
"THREE DAUGHTERS"

Lilliana

In New York's Big 'Musical Comedy lilt

By ABRAHAM BLOOM; Music, SAM SOLOMON
Staged by ABRAHAM LAX
SUPPORTED BY ALL STAR CAST

Wednesday Night, Dec. 31st. at 12 o'clock, NEW YEAR'S
EVE—Special Midnight Show, TANTZT YIDELECH TANTZT
and other Specialties of "Yiddishe Sande"

Tues. Eve., Jan. 6—Big Testimonial for our comedian

ABRAHAM LAX—"CHAYEMEL FROM POLAND."

17" eAnnual Conference

FOR GEWERKSHAFTEN DRIVE

JANUARY 4, 1942

Will Be Held in the

Auditorium of the Educational Center
of the Workmen's Circle,

11529 LINWOOD AVE.

STARTING AT 1:30 P. M.

MAURICE SAMUEL, Guest Speaker

Presidents and officers of all organizations are urged to elect
or appoint their delegates immediately and inform the cam-
paign office at 12244 Dexter Blvd., telephone, Townsend
8.7710. Morris L. Scheyer is chairman of the campaign.

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